There’s been a lot of Tom Brady talk over the past week, and it’s hard to determine what’s real. While there was one report that Brady was planning on moving on, it appears to still very much be up in the air whether he returns to the Patriots next season. One thing is for certain though, and that’s that there are a number of potential suitors who are interested should he not go back to New England. One interesting factor is that Brady will apparently have to take less money if he wants to stay with the Pats, as Jeff Howe of The Athletic reports that New England will “almost certainly not be the highest bidder” when free agency opens.
The Patriots are apparently waiting for the new CBA situation to play out, as that would impact how they would structure any potential Brady extension. But as Howe points out, that “doesn’t explain why the Patriots haven’t at least initiated significant discussions” with Brady’s reps. Howe also writes that the two sides “haven’t had any talks of substance” about a new deal. Buzz started to heat up at the combine this past week, and we should know a lot more about Brady’s future soon.
Here’s more from around the:
- Andrew Berry is running the Browns’ front office now, and he’s getting paid handsomely. Cleveland gave the 32-year-old around $3.3MM a year to be their new GM, according to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports. La Canfora writes that figure has a “lot of his peers around the league excited,” since it’s a big number for a first-time GM. Executive salaries across the league are increasing, and it sounds like they could take off even more in the coming years. As La Canfora points out, the Browns are still paying Berry’s predecessor John Dorsey, who they fired earlier this offseason.
- The Eagles have had a mountain of injuries the past few years, and they parted ways with director of high performance Shaun Huls at least partially as a result. Huls is now landing on his feet, as the Browns are hiring him to the same role, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network (Twitter link). Huls had spent the past seven seasons in Philadelphia.
- The Chargers are becoming the latest team to emphasize the importance of analytics in their front office. Los Angeles hired Aditya Krishnan away from Cleveland to become their director of analytics, according to Seth Walder of ESPN.com (Twitter link). Walder notes that the Chargers didn’t have any analytics employees prior to hiring Krishnan, and it’ll be interesting to see if this is the start of a new department to report to GM Tom Telesco. Krishnan had previously served as an analyst with the Browns.
I’m rooting for Brady to leave the Pats on the off chance he pulls a Mike Fiers…
Good one. Idiot
Although you do make a point, I doubt Brady would be the whistle blower regarding his own cheating.
He sure wouldn’t.
Just reminding the Massh0les that they are bragging about a fraud.
The only question is whether it’s more sad than pathetic or more pathetic than sad.
Uh oh jealous trash alert
Pathetic.
Thanks for clearing that up.
If Brady does leave to the pats sell out and trade/cut some of the vets and go full rebuild
Me I say yes we’ve had 20 yrs of great football time to build it up for another long run
But I would also like he to come back because of what he has done your not going to get another franchise player that will take less money to win every time/yr
*do
Have you ever heard of punctuation?
Ask me if I care
Gentleman, all good things come to an end
All you guys that want to see Brady leave the Patriots. Are the same guys that root for your team that hasn’t done anything in 30yrs thing that this year is gonna be different. Get ready to be disappointed again!!
Why do teams think that hiring anyone from the Browns is an upgrade?
Was just wondering this myself. It’s almost amazing how they’ve run themselves into the ground yet again, even with some real talent on the roster. Not sure why another team would be interested in someone who managed to do that.
OMG!!! I get to live in LA instead of Cleveland. He should’ve paid the chargers for the job
Analytics in football are for lazy coaches. Belichick watches 40+ hours per week of opponent tapes to understand their trends and play calls out of certain formations. Imagine if some front office geeks tried to explain an Excel spreadsheet to Bill with a bunch of macros in it so he could see probabilities of plays within certain formations? I think he’d smash the laptop right in front of the guy!